My thing with Gaga is really, I think she's been explaining herself too much. I guess her nuttiness just doesn't feel as genuine as it once did. (I also don't think the songs were as good as they once were. But I'll certainly give her album a try.)
I think Gaga is a talented musician. She really does have a great voice. (I'm a sucker for those voices with jazz influences..) Her performance with Elton John a few years ago was fantastic. And her theatrics, choreography and staging are entertaining and different.
And she's smart. Very smart. So you are probably correct. Perhaps I just prefer her commenting on the world around her (her first two albums were about fame and fame culture. The Born this way album..although I didn't like the songs as much, was brilliant lyrically.) Rather than herself.
I guess she's just missing something for me. Not that...I was never a huge huge fan..I guess I just find her entertaining, and I respect her a lot as a musician and a writer. I'm not a lyric person (I'm a sound person), but what she does with lyrics (and what pop music lets her get away with) is fantastic. I just hold her to a higher standard..than say..Miley Cyrus.
Also..I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for how she treated Haley.
You could tell Haley was her favorite, (which probably meant a lot to Haley seeing as how Haley was being treated..) and it was cool of her to let Hales release the "You and I" single before Gaga had done so.
